When It Rains It Pours

The Rain is Your Friend!

rain.jpgIs it just me?

It seems that there is no middle ground. Either I have several projects under development at one time, or I have nothing to do. There never seems to be a middle ground. Busy, busy, busy. Or slow, slow slow.

When it rains, it pours. But in between, it gets awfully dry around here. How is it with your web design business?

Some months I get contacted several times a week about new projects, and convert about one third of those contacts into signed proposals and money in the bank. But some months go by without any inquiry whatsoever. I am in the middle of one of those droughts at the moment. Tick tock, tick tock.

What do the rest of you do to keep busy during these slow times?

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